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- CT Technologist for two years, desperately wanting to get into IT
- CCNA / CCNA Sec / MSCA Server as a Security Professional that has segregated duties?
- Does anyone have an Associates Degree in Cybersecurity or have experience with one?
- Sales? Anybody care to help this noob out?
- Those who left IT, what role did you pivot to?
- Graduating soon and looking for positions indirectly related to IT.
- First interview process for entry Network Engineering - grueling and long process
- Should I leave my internship for another one?
- How are tattoos seen in the IT field?
- How Not to Hate My Life in IT
- How bad does time off look to future employers?
- Internship in IT - Expectations?
- IAM and the untold future (career advice)
- How do you actually become a Business/Systems Analyst? Is it possible straight out of college? What exactly do they do?
- Online IT colleges? Where to begin?
- Advice: 6 months to pass CISSP
- Got the Service Desk job. Now comes the hard part, eh?
- Physics degree in IT
- Interested in your input on this lateral transition I'm about to make
- Moved to okinawa Japan, only federal jobs, long application. Should I lie about security+ while applying for jobs and studying for it.
- How to find entry level IT positions
- First software engineering job and about to get fired
- Field Techs vs Helpdesk job
| CT Technologist for two years, desperately wanting to get into IT Posted: 03 Mar 2018 08:19 AM PST I went through X-ray school, got a bachelors and got certified in CT. I really liked it at first but now I dread showing up. I love the computer side and messing with the machines to make things easier and more efficient but the ungrateful disrespectful patients and management that would rather blame everyone for everything than help everyone become better at what they do have ruined it for me. The money is also an issue, pay for my region is hospitals is pretty bad and there's no way to grow it would take 19 years for me to make 60k per year here. I made 47k last year working 2 jobs one full time and one part time. I have always loved computers, I'm decent at all Microsoft applications and I have built my own gaming desktops for about 5 years. I am usually the tech person that solves family and work computer issues and I try to save the help desk as many calls as I can. I repaired cell phones on the side to make it through college. I feel like I have a pretty decent foundation when it comes to IT. I'm currently taking the entry level Google IT course offered through Coursera and I plan on getting A+ certified. I do have a fiancée that doesn't make very much and we just had a little boy so I can't take a big hit In pay at the moment to just make an abrupt switch to a low paying help desk job. I would love to be a PACS Administrator for a hospital to combine my healthcare and technology skills but it's almost impossible to find a position anywhere in Missouri. Any help or advice on how to make a switch? I do work Friday Saturday and Sunday 12 hour shifts so I could also work IT entry level somewhere mon-thurs if I had to but we would have to pay for a baby sitter. System administrator job sounds really fun but I would be up for anything to get my foot in the door. Thanks in advance! [link] [comments]  |
| CCNA / CCNA Sec / MSCA Server as a Security Professional that has segregated duties? Posted: 03 Mar 2018 08:51 AM PST I'm wondering if it worth pursuing CCNA/Sec as an entry level (1 year exp) Security Professional even if we do not deal with the equipment directly due to following ISO 27001's segragation of duty principles (e.g we have a separate networking team that does the hands on side). My EXP and Certs: CompTIA A+/N+/S+ , CEH and hopefully QSTM within 6 months. 3 Years 2nd line support. 1 Year Cyber Security (Entry Level) I'm well aware that many heavily experienced people here have alarm bells ringing "No networking/Datacentre/Sys Admin experience!!!" well exactly.... I'm doing it arse-backwards so I'm filling in the gaps as I go along the best I can. My role involves Security Assurance around Firewall requests, Pen Testing Management, Incidents/problem management, security awareness, SIEM admin etc ... I have the Networking fundamentals (due to this job and net+) I understand the basics enough to do my role. But beyond that I wouldn't have a clue how to configure it all myself. Similar with Servers, I've done a few home labs and I health check some of our servers... but again, no further. Based on the above, I'm concerned about my long term growth, I'm happy to persue more Security certs naturally. But in the back of my mind I'm thinking "Do I really understand enough to be making decisions/demands of these specialised teams?"... ---TLDR Below--- CCNA / CCNA Sec ... obviously go beyond N+/S+ but my concern is, would I be wasting my time as I will never actually use the Cisco equipment (at least in this job, which I have no intention of leaving anytime soon)? The most technical aspect of my role will be pen testing/vulnerability assessments... but part of me wants to learn/exp the whole package! (Sys Admin/Net Admin) in at least some way! Any advice would be appreciated or insight from the m,ore experience/strict guys around here (I'm looking at your VANetworkingNerd :P). Thanks [link] [comments]  |
| Does anyone have an Associates Degree in Cybersecurity or have experience with one? Posted: 03 Mar 2018 07:29 AM PST Currently pursuing my Associates in Cybersecurity at a local technical college but am having a hard time finding feedback on the internet regarding this. Most jobs I see require an Bachelors in a related field. I have yet to find any job posting (in my area at least) that requires simply an Associates degree. Hoping for you feedback to see if this is even worth getting. (The degree is quite expensive). [link] [comments]  |
| Sales? Anybody care to help this noob out? Posted: 03 Mar 2018 03:48 AM PST Hello all, I've been lurking for a long time, I'm currently a Sysadmin in the Marines and getting out soon. I have seen a bunch of posts about pre/post sales engineers, but from what I've seen they seem to change frequently and have overlapping job descriptions. Can any of you with experience in sales shed some light?
Sorry I'm a noob, but gotta start somewhere. Thanks for any help you can give! [link] [comments]  |
| Those who left IT, what role did you pivot to? Posted: 02 Mar 2018 11:13 AM PST I've just spent 5 years in school preparing to join IT Security, and was a top performer. During school I loved it because we learned in a team environment and were actively involved in competitions. There was a lot of time to learn. Now I have a fantastic entry level role which pays very well...but... I absolutely hate it lol. I realized I'm not the type of person to read dry technical material for 10 hours a day, and then spend all my free time studying for certifications and working on my home lab with minimal human interaction. Unfortunately as well, there is too much machoism and toxicity in tech. Nobody is willing to teach others or share knowledge, companies don't invest in their employees or train them, and there are quite a lot of socially inept individuals who can't seem to communicate and project massive cynicism to anyone who doesn't know a specific technical detail. Anyone eager to grow or learn is met with this cynicism and would easily be dismayed by this. Imo I believe this is what is hindering industry growth. My hold up from switching however is I feel like I've wasted all this time, energy, and knowledge. What other roles outside of IT did you find success in? Did you find your skills were translatable? How do you make the leap? What are good entry-level, midway roles between a very technical position like penetration testing, and something that looks at IT from a more strategic, or high-level point of view with more human interaction? [link] [comments]  |
| Graduating soon and looking for positions indirectly related to IT. Posted: 03 Mar 2018 09:32 AM PST Graduating soon with a B.A MIS degree, and based on my coursework we haven't really specialized in anything. We touched on various subjects one course at a time so basically, we can have conversations about general topics, but nothing really in depth. I don't really have much drive to go into a specialized position and see this level of knowledge as a good base for jobs that indirectly involve tech. So far I've got an offer as a technical recruiter in the bag at a growing company. It's a young firm and I like the bunch of them, I'm really good at talking to people and feel like I can excel in that environment. My plan is to get a hefty amount of experience in sales/marketing and use this position as a good launching pad into technical sales if I desire. For those of you in technical recruiting/sales is this a good career plan? In your opinion is recruiting/sales worth getting into? For those of you in technical positions am I being dumb? If I don't have any full-time experience in IT should I write off the career path before I even start? [link] [comments]  |
| First interview process for entry Network Engineering - grueling and long process Posted: 03 Mar 2018 09:24 AM PST Hi guys, I recently had my first interview for a Network Engineer position after just getting my CCNP. This position listed on only 2-3years experience in a customer facing roles, with some "desired qualifications" as CCNA, CCNP, Firewalls, VoIP, Wireless, etc. This is an MSP ~50 employees and I thought it was pretty clear someone with little experience wouldn't have all these qualifications, and they were just reaching. First phone interview is with HR. The first 3-4 mins are recorded "Hi do you have time to talk about this role? pause So this in this you will be working on..." After the recording finally stopped it ended with "do you have any questions?" I asked my first questions and immediately the voice quality changed and the real person started talking. I had a technical phone interview that lasted one full hour. This involved probably 30-40 questions ranging from basic routing switching (what is a vlan? subnet? what happens with two equal cost routes in a routing table? what are collisions?) to physical media questions (the "BASE" standards for ethernet, fiber, standards for wireless) to firewalls (ISAKMP/IKE and phases, how you use NAT with IPSec, ACLs, crypto maps) to VoIP phones (How does PoE work, etc). With my background being mostly Route and Switch up to this point I completely aced routing/switching questions but fumbled through Wireless/VoIP/Security, etc. When I said "I'm not sure, I don't want to guess but I'd like to find out" He said "...ok..." kind of condescendingly. This is the first time I've ever been asked any technical questions at all in an interview process (I'm just starting to get into jr. net engineer positions). Is this the norm, or was this a bit odd? I actually passed the technical interview, and have been invited to come in for a 2 to 3 hour lab exam in which "I'll be configuring site to site VPN tunnels on firewalls" -HR Combine this with the fact I took a 50 question online aptitude assessment to even get an interview with HR at the beginning, I'm wondering if this is kind of a red flag for this company. TL;DR First network engineer interview process... 50 questions online assessment phone interview with HR that is pre-recorded with deliberate pauses 1 hour long technical phone interview 2-3 hour lab involving firewall config ...is this normal for network engineering roles, or is this small MSP crazy? [link] [comments]  |
| Should I leave my internship for another one? Posted: 03 Mar 2018 09:08 AM PST So my current internship was supposed to be only 2-3 months long, but it's almost been 6 months and apparently I may be staying a little longer. It's kind of open ended and I can leave when I want. I recently got a offer from another company (internship), with a higher pay, nicer looking office, and it looked like they actually gave intern responsibilities. I really really like the people at my first internship (the people who were on my team). But I feel that we don't really do anything at all, half of the time we are just waiting for stuff to do. I think it's a culture thing at the company. The people on my team were extremely understanding (it wasn't really in their power to give us more stuff, but they tried). I'm really not sure whether I should accept the other new internship. I'm conflicted because I really like the people at my current one but I'm not really learning anything that would progress my career. The other one sounds way better, with more responsibilities, less slow days, but it looked way more bureaucratic team relationship wise. I just really enjoyed how my first internship had this whole "family" atmosphere where I would be totally comfortable talking about literally anything within my team. I'm guessing thats a outlier in the industry and I just happened to get lucky? [link] [comments]  |
| How are tattoos seen in the IT field? Posted: 02 Mar 2018 07:16 PM PST Hello reddit, I'm a college student majoring in Information System. I'm getting my second tattoo soon on my forearm, and was wondering what the general feelings on tattoos in IT are? DO they need covered up in most jobs or are most IT jobs pretty lax? [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 02 Mar 2018 09:53 AM PST This may come off more as a rant than a question, but I really need to vent. I'm 25. I stayed at an Administrator job for 3 three years that at first I loved. Until slowly more and more the job began to take over my life, it became my life. I was the only IT for both a staff of 30 and all public patrons that used our 75 public access machines. So many responsibilities stacked on top of each other that I seriously considered ending my life just because I thought this was going to be my life, for life. In fact somewhere in year 2 I no call no showed with the plan of killing myself that night with no real plan on how to do so. For reasons unknown I didn't. Latter in the day they called day around lunch and asked about me. I gave some lie about my old sports injury acting up. I spoke with my boss about my depression on a few occasions over the time I was there. Each time the conversation was pretty much "Everyone goes through depression get over it." not in those exact words but that was the meaning behind what was said. January was the start of my 4th year. I finally had enough in the first week of the new year when half our staff was fired because they couldn't sustain their salaries. With this we were expected to carry the weight of the departed employees. I put in a two weeks pretty much the same day as their last day. Despite their pleading and begging for me to stay I left and never looked back. I had PTO so I got to stay home for a month and work on myself whole still being payed. I though I was better. I job searched and interviewed in this time and ultimately found something I thought sounded great. It needed my degree and 3 years of prior experience. Part time, little responsibilities, will pay my bills, much shorty commute. It's just IT Support for an office build. How bad can it be? Honestly I thought I would be unemployed longer. In fact I had the plan of riding out my $10k of savings until it was dry and then ending. This job gave me hope. Until I actually started. The first 2 weeks I received no direction simply told to keep myself entertained at my desk. I've been here a month and I've still only saw my boss maybe 5 times. I get maybe 1 ticket a day. 2 if I'm lucky. Despite the needed prior experience it's all entry level help desk work. Just being the IT bitch for the office. Which is fine some people love that kind of work. I want to actually fix stuff. Hardware is like a drug to me. I want to be hands on repairing broken machines. Instead they just warranty swap everything here and anything out of warranty goes in the trash and they buy another one. I'm honestly tired of waking up early every morning to come and waste 8 hours of my life at a desk watching digital paint dry. I know for sure I'm depressed but therapy isn't really an option on my budget. My insurance doesn't really help on mental health either. The whole rat race of existence is really becoming a burden if I'm being honest. It's just not fun anymore to keep on keeping on. So I guess how does one find what they actually want to do? How can one find a job they will actually want to work without longing for death? How can one find their happiness in IT? [link] [comments]  |
| How bad does time off look to future employers? Posted: 02 Mar 2018 07:32 PM PST So let's say I could comfortably take a year or so off of work, and dedicate it to travel, hobbies, and of course some more learning (AWS certs, learning more sysadmin stuff..., etc). Would this be a terrible idea for my life? [link] [comments]  |
| Internship in IT - Expectations? Posted: 02 Mar 2018 07:04 PM PST This summer I plan to begin an internship at either a Insurance agency or a local hospital. I will have completed my second year in my IT major in college. I was just curious about what would be expected of me during this? Will it be more training based rather than them actually testing my knowledge? I would just like to know so I can better prepare myself for it. Thanks! [link] [comments]  |
| IAM and the untold future (career advice) Posted: 02 Mar 2018 09:34 PM PST So I was looking for a bit of advice on career development and potential movement. I am currently just over a year into a IAM role. Assisting with federating new applications using SAML and OIDC. Maintaining our ADFS farm. Supposed (explained more later) to be assisting with more or less liaising stakeholders requirements to a dev team and with developing portals for self management and what not. Creating internal automation using PowerShell for various tasks and would say I'm rather proficient with it. The company I work for is Fortune 500 and I am under 28. As I referenced earlier, with my supposed, my manager favors one of my co-workers significantly more. While we started out on the same plane. She has advanced her skills at a quicker pace because every big time project we get goes directly to her. I continue to have to bring up that I am sitting around waiting for my minor projects to take flight and waiting for other parties to take action. Yet I still play back seat to my co-worker and have to fight for any insight into some of the projects. It's left me a bit dissatisfied. I was fairly unfamiliar with IAM as a whole before I came into this position as I transition from a business side position, but have had a little experience in a directory services type role. But as I have learned more about the role it excites me because it seems the future it bright for this role (lots of opportunities within IAM). I also understand that a role like this for a big time company, especially entry level is usually quite hard to come by which leads me to my dilemma. My question is a 3 part question: 1) While for me I'd truly rather enjoy what I do then just about the money. Is this the type of role that truly has the bright future. Or is it more into the Identity and Access Development side? Developing solutions plugging into APIs for customers? If so what language should I begin learning. Learning a new language does not intimidate me at all. I just want to make sure I focus my efforts in the right spot for where the industry is going. 2) With only a year of experience does it make sense for me to start looking for a position elsewhere. Or do I try to stick it out for another year when I have 2+ years of true experience. Also, I want to say this has been going on for about 4 months and it's finally getting to the breaking point. After countless times mentioning I'm ready to take on more, nothing has happened. 3) Is there any other advice you'd give. While I'm not specifically looking for how to handle my workplace tiff. I'm interested in knowing the future of a role like this and where should be my next focus for future gross. Though I'm open to assassination plans. Jk on that. Thanks for any advice. [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 02 Mar 2018 05:17 PM PST Hey guys! I've been using for Reddit for quite some time and the knowledge is amazing. I'm here for more :) I've finished my associates degree (Gen Ed.) and am transferring to USF for Business Analytics and Information Systems (which they claim is MIS without the outdated things) with a possible concentration in Cyber Security or Healthcare Management. I decided to get my degree in MIS because I love business and love IT and I heard it was the direct crossbreed in between the two. However, I haven't done any work in the field so I just have a few questions. 1.) How do you become a Business/Systems analyst? I was under the impression that you get trained to be one by your MIS/CIS degree, but when search Indeed for jobs, most of them wanted a Bachelor's in a related field and 5 years experience to be an analyst. If this is true, what is my bachelor's worth and where does it land me? 2.) I also want a clear answer on what exactly Business/Systems analysts do. I've heard many different things along the lines of mitigating expenses for the business, working in cyber security, helping evaluated new/upcoming IT advancements and seeing if they are cost efficient and worth the switch for the business. What else am I missing/getting wrong? 3.) What annual salary should I expect fresh out of college with my degree? I would most likely be in the Tampa, FL area but not opposed to moving to SoCal or Houston. 4.) What does the future look like for MIS? Bls.gov says there's some solid job growth but could we be automated within the next 10 years? 5.) Is it worth pursuing a Master's from a non top-15 school? Is it worth going directly from undergrad into graduate school without entering the workforce? Thank you all for your help, whether you just glanced, answered one question, multiple or all. I do appreciate any and all feedback. I'm so excited to be moving to a new place in a few months and I just want to get everything right. Go bulls! [link] [comments]  |
| Online IT colleges? Where to begin? Posted: 02 Mar 2018 08:53 AM PST Any recommendations/favorites? I am at a loss right now (I have worked retail 10 years, its not working anymore), and I am trying to figure out what is a good place to start. Any and all help will be welcomed. [link] [comments]  |
| Advice: 6 months to pass CISSP Posted: 02 Mar 2018 07:11 PM PST I am in an amazing position in a large company and I got a wonderful opportunity 7 months ago to take a huge promotion. I am telling myself just be content and gain more experience, learn the company better, etc... I am very satisfied in my current role however that role is changing IF I pass CISSP. I am considering this a risk though as well. If I move forward and accept the role change I must obtain the cert in 6 months or I fear I will have to be replaced. I'm not too confident I can do that as I don't even know where to start. I do have Sec+ and no issues maintaining it but I am aware of the difficulty behind CISSP. If I don't pursue the change nothing happens I continue on my role but I don't transition to management level, which I would really like (but now?). What should I do? I am very busy with my current work load 45 - 50 hour week, school for my masters in evenings, and personal obligations. I am 34 and been in the ISSO community for 2.5 years. I love challenges like this but the fear is getting to me and for the first time in my life I don't feel that I am on a position to mentally complete this task. Sorry if this is inappropriate for this sub. [link] [comments]  |
| Got the Service Desk job. Now comes the hard part, eh? Posted: 02 Mar 2018 12:42 PM PST To best prepare myself I was wondering if there's a list of IT issues I should get down pat in preparation. I want to hit the ground running. Mostly PC's running Windows 7 but plenty of Macs out there. Office 365, SharePoint, Azure, etc. Mitel VoIP. Basically don't know what I don't know, from a common issues perspective. Any sort of primer would be great. [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 02 Mar 2018 06:19 PM PST Will a physics degree in most cases get past hr for jobs that state bachelors In computer science required in job ad ? Or would I need to get another degree for that? Will certifications maybe help with that? [link] [comments]  |
| Interested in your input on this lateral transition I'm about to make Posted: 02 Mar 2018 04:43 PM PST Hey all, I was just offered a desktop support job at a local college. It is an $8000 raise from my current desktop support job. It is salary instead of hourly so I'm expecting to get boned with no overtime pay. I'm in my 4th year of desktop support and although it's getting boring this position seems attractive, not only for the raise, but it comes with free tuition for myself and my spouse. She needs to finish her degree, I'm thinking of getting a BS in Comp Sci. mainly for the programming background and an attempt to help my career down the road. I'm more than qualified for a Jr sysadmin role, maybe could sneak into a full admin role but unfortunately those are an hour and a half away from where I'm located. This college has a much larger dept than what I'm working with, so there is opportunity for growth. My boss, although gave me a great reference thinks I'm overqualified for this new job, and my current job and keeps dangling the raise/title change that's been promised but never implemented for 2 years now, due to budget/political nonsense. I guess the cons of this job would be: lack of central administration, mostly face to face support, as opposed to my current remote in and clear as many tickets as I can, then show up to the ones I absolutely need to be in person to fix. AD is just being rolled out, and all of the printers are USB connected. I'm expecting a lot of personal device support as well. Anyway what are your thoughts on this? I think the comp sci degree would be helpful for future changes in the industry like the shift towards automation and a need for programming/scripting skills. Are there other degree programs I should consider? Is a second BS beneficial for myself? I thought about an MBA but I'm not too interested in the mgmt side of IT. My goal was to get out of help desk this year, but I may have to bite the bullet just to help my wife finish her degree, and further credentialize myself. thanks [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 02 Mar 2018 11:11 PM PST Hey folks, I just moved to okinawa Japan about 3 months ago. There has been several jobs I've applied to which I could have easily done and I have not been chosen. Yes it could be my resume which I will look into! But these jobs take months to hear back as they are federal jobs. I will be getting a security+ in order to get a job. Should I put it down on any application while applying in anticipation of getting the security+. I have been studying for it anyways and will be taking the test within a month or so. [link] [comments]  |
| How to find entry level IT positions Posted: 02 Mar 2018 11:14 AM PST I got my A+ cert last year and will be graduating with my associates this semester, and am working towards my Sec+ however im finding it difficult to find any entry level IT positions around me. What resources would you recommend to spur along my job search. [link] [comments]  |
| First software engineering job and about to get fired Posted: 02 Mar 2018 02:42 PM PST Hey all, Feeling pretty shitty right now, but here it is. I've recently landed my first software engineering job (am a recent graduate). I've been here a month and it's exactly what I'd been searching for. Colleagues are great, salary is good, nice environment, loads to learn, and the specialised area is something I've always been interested in. It's almost too good of a job for me...which brings me to this. My manager has recently been giving me tasks which go entirely over my head. I'm learning, but I'm no where near good enough to do what he expects me to do. I see him becoming more and more frustrated with me each day. I personally feel the tasks he gives me are too difficult, or require a little more experience/technical understanding to complete. As an entry level job, I'd have expected to have a decent buffer of training, but I feel I'm too far in the deep end here. He himself is a low-key genius, and I'm sure he sees these tasks to be the most trivial things he can assign me, but then still sees me fail at them. I know I'm not a prodigy or anything, but I'm a fairly average graduate I feel. I have a 1st class degree in CS, but it's also questionable how relevant University courses are to the real world. I don't really do much programming in my spare time, but I feel I have more than enough exposure to coding for an entry-level dev job. During our one-to-one's, my manager has talked about me under-performing more than a couple times. I'm pretty sure I'll get fired soon and be back to square one, grinding for a new job, while thinking if I'll ever be good enough for a software engineering job. I've been working hard, coming in early and leaving late. I'm now pretty stressed, and this is all I can think of. Any advice anyone here can spare? edit: When I say my manager has talked about me under-performing, I mean he's properly confronted me about it, and has hinted that I'd lose my job If my performance keeps on like this [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 02 Mar 2018 10:17 AM PST Ive recently received two job offers to be a field tech or work on the help desk. This is my first IT job, does anybody have any pros or cons for either. [link] [comments]  |
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